Gallup Annual Poll: Obama, Hillary Are Most Admired

President Barack Obama topped is the most admired man in America for the fifth year in a row and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was named most admired women for the 11th year in a row, according to a poll released Monday.

Obama was named by 30 percent of respondents in Gallup’s annual poll, while two percent named former president George W. Bush or failed GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and one percent each picked former president Bill Clinton, former president George H.W. Bush, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) or retiring Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas).

No leader from the world of business made the top 10 list. Last year’s list included Warren Buffet, Donald Trump and Bill Gates.

For most admired woman, 21 percent named Clinton and five percent named First Lady Michelle Obama. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was named by three percent and two percent named former Alaska governor Sarah Palin.

Luap Nor used to run 3%, but now he's down to being the solution for just 1% which makes me happy. That populist wave of demagogued fear is starting to recede & the wingnuts are so distracted by their own noise machine that they can't yet feel the receding waves pulling the sand out from under their feet.

Unfortunately I can't say that I share your optimism. It seems more likely to me that Ron Lawl is simply fading from the public eye because he's no longer trying to run for president. I think that his cult of personality was responsible for a not-insignificant part of the recent right-wing populism, not the other way around (I remember UC Berkeley being completely covered in Ron Paul chalk slogans back in 2007-8, long before the Tea Party was a twinkle in our retired uncles' eyes). I don't know if Dr. Lol's retirement will lead to quieter demagogues, but I'm not holding my breath at this point.